Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km ENE of Leamington, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Leamington, Utah on Fri, Jan 10, 1986, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 11 km W of Huntington, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-01-10 22:03:14 UTC
Depth
1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.551° N, 112.210° W
Region
Utah
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 20.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
104°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14855 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.86 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 14854 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.79 km S of Woodland Hills, Utah · 14853 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.525 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 14843 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.24 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 14841 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.83 km N of Joseph, Utah · 14836 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.215 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14836 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.415 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14833 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.017 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14832 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.913 km WSW of Eureka, Utah · 14821 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.96 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14820 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.88 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14805 days ago · -2 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 1.513 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 14872 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.16 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.83 km SE of Levan, Utah · 14882 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.93 km WNW of Manti, Utah · 14884 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.6Utah · 14888 days ago · -2 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50028020. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.